70 Cryptosporidium cases reported in Kansas city

WICHITA, KS — Seventy cases of Cryptosporidium illness have been reported here, and officials say the outbreak is getting worse, an October 13 KSN story reported.

Sally Rogers says her daughter became ill in August with Cryptosporidium after using a city’s park fountain.

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Pennsylvania family finds manure-tainted water from faucets

FULTON COUNTY, PA — One family in this rural south-central Pennsylvania county is frustrated not only by the brown-tinged, manure-smelling water flowing from their faucets, but also by the slow response their calls to the state have received.

The Clevengers first noticed the brown, manure-smelling water in the early-morning hours of October 5. Their son, Bill Clevenger, told the Public Opinion that within an hour of the time his parents first noticed the problem, he placed a call to the county soil conservation district, which fields local manure spill and soil erosion reports for the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

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Arsenic water leads to $400M lawsuit against California county

MERCED COUNTY, CA — Merced County employees who worked or work at the John Latorraca Correctional Facility are suing the county for $400 million as a result of arsenic being found in the facility's drinking water, an October 12 Modesto Bee story reported.

Attorney Barry Bennett said the county failed to act after knowing the drinking water at its jail and juvenile hall was contaminated. Bennett said employees may have consumed food made with the contaminated water.

According to Bennett, county employees have gotten sick with symptoms attributed to arsenic consumption.

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Alaska city voters say 'no' to fluoride

JUNEAU, AK — A 61 percent majority of residents here voted “no” earlier this week to fluoridating the city’s water supplies, an October 3 Juneau Empire story said.

David Ottoson, a member of the anti-fluoridation group Juneau Citizens for Safe Water, said in the story, “There’s a lot of smart people in Juneau, and they understood the issue very well, and it was reflected in the result at the polls.”

Ottoson said that there are better ways to for people to get fluoride.

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E. coli closes 10 schools in Washington State

OLYMPIA, WA — About 8,000 Bethel School District students were told their schools were closed on October 4 after the Spanaway Water Co. detected E. coli in two routine water samples and total coliform in a third, according to an October 4 King5 report.

The water company issued a boil-water alert to 20,000 customers in Pierce County on October 3.

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